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    A
  1. Abacus
  2. Abscissa
  3. Absolute Value
  4. Abundant Numbers
  5. Accumulate
  6. Accurate
  7. Achiral
  8. Acre
  9. Acute
  10. Ada, Computer Language
  11. Add
  12. Addend
  13. Adjacent
  14. Aeon
  15. Affine Geometry
  16. Agnesi's Witch curve
  17. Ahmes Papyrus
  18. Alabama Paradox - voting
  19. Alchemy
  20. Aleph-Null
  21. Algebra
  22. Algebraic Numbers
  23. Algorithm
  24. Aliquot Parts
  25. "All Models are Wrong" quote
  26. Altitude
  27. Altitude of triangle, Properties
  28. Amblygon
  29. Amicable Numbers or Pairs
  30. Amplitude
  31. Analemma
  32. Analogy
  33. Angle
  34. Angle Bisectors in a Triangle
  35. Angstrom (unit of length)
  36. Annual
  37. Annulus
  38. Annus Mirabilis - Newton's Miracle Year
  39. Anode - creation of the term
  40. Antares
  41. Antecedent
  42. Anti-Center
  43. Antiparallel
  44. Aphelion
  45. Apoapsis
  46. Apogee
  47. Apollonius Gasket
  48. Apollonius Point
  49. Apollonius Problem
  50. Apothem
  51. Apportionment
  52. Approval Voting
  53. Apse
  54. Apside
  55. Arbelos
  56. Arc
  57. Archimedes Square Dissection Puzzle
  58. Arc Sine or Sin-1
  59. Are
  60. Area
  61. Argand Diagrams
  62. Argument
  63. Arithmetic
  64. Arithmetical Frames; (old teaching devices)
  65. Arithmetic Books, Early American
  66. arithmetic Books, First North American
  67. Arms of a right triangle, blog about the development of the term
  68. Arrive
  69. Asses' Bridge
  70. Associative
  71. Astroid
  72. Astronaut
  73. Astronomical Unit / AU
  74. Asymptote
  75. Atlas
  76. Atom
  77. Aubel's Theorem
  78. Average
  79. Avoirdupois
  80. Axiom
  81. Axis

  82. B
  83. Babylonian Square Root Method
  84. Bacon, Francis; stained glass at Wren Library, Cambridge
  85. Bakhshali Manuscript
  86. Barometer
  87. Barrow, Isaac; stained glass at Trinity Chapel, Cambridge
  88. Barycenter
  89. Baryon
  90. Base
  91. Bayes' Theorem
  92. Beast, Number of (666)
  93. Bell Curve
  94. Bell's Numbers or Bell Numbers
  95. Benford's Law
  96. Bernoulli's Golden Theorem
  97. Bernoulli Numbers
  98. Bertrand's Postulate (a prime between n and 2n)
  99. The Big Bang
  100. bi-gon (two sided polygon?)
  101. Billion
  102. Bimedian of Quadrilateral
  103. Binary Numbers
  104. Binomial
  105. Binomial Coefficients
  106. Bisect
  107. Bisectors (ANGLE) in a Triangle
  108. Blackboard, History of
  109. Additional notes on History of Blackboards and slates
  110. Bode's Law
  111. Bounds and Butts (land measure)
  112. Borda Voting
  113. Borrow (in Subtraction)
  114. Bottle Imp Paradox
  115. Bowditch Curves
  116. Box Plot
  117. Braces {} as Grouping Symbols
  118. Brachystochrone
  119. Brackets as Grouping Symbols
  120. "Bracket X", or Bracket Function
  121. Brahmagupta's Formula
  122. Brahmagupta's Identity on the sums of two squares
  123. Brahmagupta's Multiplication method
  124. Butts and Bounds (land measure)
  125. The Bride's Chair
  126. Bridge of Asses
  127. Brocard's Problem
  128. Bruns Constant
  129. Bureau

  130. C
  131. C, symbol for Radians
  132. Caduceus
  133. Calculate / Calculus
  134. Calendar
  135. Camera / Camera obscura
  136. Cardinal
  137. Cardinality
  138. Carat
  139. Cardioid
  140. Caret
  141. Carmichael Numbers
  142. Carnot's Theorem
  143. Carroll's Logic Diagrams (by Lewis Carroll)
  144. Carry (arithmetic)
  145. Casting out nines
  146. Casting out elevens
  147. Catalan Numbers
  148. Catenary
  149. Cathetus
  150. Cathode - creation of the term
  151. Cauchy distribution
  152. Ceiling Function,
  153. Census
  154. Center
  155. Centroid or Center of Gravity
  156. Century
  157. Ceres
  158. Cesaro-Stolz Theorem
  159. Ceva's Theorem
  160. Cevian
  161. Chain or Gunter's Chain
  162. Chain Reaction
  163. Chaos
  164. Check
  165. Check methods for arithmetic
  166. Chebyshev's theorem.(a prime between n and 2n)
  167. Chie-no-ita, Chinese puzzle
  168. Chilihedron
  169. Chinese Checkers
  170. Chinese Postman's Problem
  171. Chinese Square Root Method
  172. Chiral
  173. Chi Square
  174. Choose
  175. Chord
  176. Circle
  177. Circuit
  178. Circulate Numbers
  179. Circumcenter
  180. Circumcircle
  181. Circumference
  182. Circumscribe
  183. Class
  184. cloff, commercial discount
  185. Clue
  186. Coefficient
  187. Collatz's Problem
  188. Collinear
  189. Combinations
  190. Commandino's Theorem
  191. Commutative
  192. Compass
  193. Complementary
  194. Complete Graph
  195. Complete Oriented Graph
  196. Complex Fraction
  197. Complex Numbers
  198. Component
  199. Composite & Compound
  200. Compute
  201. Concurrent
  202. Concyclic
  203. Condorcet Voting
  204. Cone
  205. Confidence Interval
  206. Confounding Variables (statistics)
  207. Congruent
  208. Congruent Numbers
  209. Conic Section
  210. Conic Surface
  211. Conjecture
  212. Conjugate
  213. Conjugate Angles
  214. Consequent
  215. Constant
  216. Contact Triangle
  217. Continuous
  218. Converse
  219. Convex
  220. Coordinates
  221. Corollary
  222. Correct
  223. Correlation
  224. Correlation Coefficient
  225. Cosecant
  226. Cosine
  227. Cosines, Law of
  228. Cosine Circle (2nd Lemoine)
  229. Cosmic Rays
  230. Cosmos
  231. Coss and Cossists
  232. Cotangent
  233. Cotes, Roger; stained glass at Trinity Chapel, Cambridge
  234. Counting Boards
  235. Counting Numbers
  236. Crafoord Mathematical Prize
  237. Cramer's Rule
  238. Crescent
  239. Critical Points
  240. Cube
  241. Cube roots, by hand
  242. Cuisenaire rods
  243. Cumulative
  244. Curator
  245. Curtate Cycloid
  246. Cusp
  247. Cybernetics
  248. Cyclic Quadrangles (Quadrilateral)
  249. Cycloid
  250. Cylinder
  251. Cylindrical Projection, MAP

  252. D
  253. Dart, type of quadrilateral
  254. Data/Datum
  255. Dean
  256. Decade
  257. Des Cartes' Circle Thm
  258. Decimal Fractions
  259. Decimal Point & Decimal Comma
  260. Decimal Repeat Bar
  261. Decrease
  262. Degree
  263. Degrees, Why 360 in a circle?
  264. de Gua's Theorem.
  265. Deltoid
  266. Denominator
  267. Derangement
  268. Derivative
  269. Derive
  270. Determinant
  271. Deviation
  272. Devil's Curve
  273. Diagonal
  274. Diagram
  275. Diameter
  276. Diamond
  277. Dice / Die
  278. Dido's Problem
  279. Difference
  280. Difference symbol "~"
  281. Digit
  282. Digital Root
  283. Digon (two sided polygon?)
  284. Dimension
  285. Di-graph or Directed Graph
  286. Discount
  287. Discriminant
  288. Distance
  289. Divide
  290. Dividend
  291. Divide, Symbols for
  292. Divisor
  293. divisor function, sigmakn
  294. Dodecagon
  295. Dodecahedron
  296. Domain
  297. Dollar
  298. Dollar Symbol $
  299. Dot as symbol for multiplication
  300. Double Dummy
  301. Dozen
  302. Drawers of Dirichlet
  303. Droz-Farny Theorem
  304. Duplation and Mediation

  305. E
  306. e for 2.71828...
  307. East
  308. Edge
  309. Egyptian Multiplication
  310. Einstein's Biggest Blunder
  311. Electricity
  312. Electron
  313. Ellipse
  314. Ellipsis
  315. Ellipsoid
  316. Empty Set
  317. Enantiomorphic
  318. End of proof symbol,
  319. Early American Math Textbooks
  320. Eon
  321. Eocene
  322. Eohippus
  323. Equal
  324. = , Equal Symbol
  325. Equation
  326. Equiangular
  327. Equilateral
  328. Equivalent
  329. Ether
  330. Euclid's Algorithm at Cut-the-Knot
  331. Euler Circuits
  332. Euler Line
  333. Euler Path or Circuit
  334. Euler's Planer Graph Theorem (proof) V+F=E+2
  335. Excenter and Excircle
  336. Explementary
  337. Exponent
  338. Extrapolate

  339. F
  340. Factor & Factorial
  341. Factoring (as in "factoring a quadratic")
  342. Fagnano's Problem
  343. Fair division of Assets and Obligations, Discrete Math Notes
  344. February
  345. Fermat Point
  346. Fermat's Last Theorem
  347. Fermat's Little Theorem
  348. Feuerbach's Circle
  349. Fibonacci's Identity on the sums of two squares
  350. Fibonacci's Sequence
  351. Fields Medal
  352. The Fifteen Puzzle, a blog about that famous little sliding puzzle game that swept the world.... and a link to a FREE download to play.
  353. First
  354. Floor Function,
  355. Focus
  356. Forest (planer graph)
  357. Formula
  358. Forty, (why there is no "U" in,)
  359. Four
  360. Fourth Proportional
  361. Fractal
  362. Fraction
  363. Fractional Exponents
  364. Fraction Bar
  365. Frequency
  366. Friday
  367. Friendly Numbers
  368. Frustum
  369. Function
  370. Fundamental Counting Theorem
  371. Furlong (length)

  372. G
  373. Galaxy
  374. Galley method of Division
  375. Gallon
  376. Gallows Function,
  377. Gamma Function
  378. President Garfield's Pythagorean Proof
  379. Gas
  380. Gaudi Magic Square
  381. Gauging
  382. Gelosie Multiplication
  383. Geoboard
  384. Geocenter
  385. Geometric Mean
  386. Geometry
  387. Geometry, Royal Road to?
  388. Gergonne Point / Triangle
  389. Gibbous (phases of moon)
  390. Gilbert, Unit of measure
  391. Girard's Thm
  392. Gnomen
  393. Googol
  394. Gougu Rule
  395. Grad - angle measurement
  396. Grade (of road, etc.)
  397. Graham's Number
  398. Gram, unit of weight(mass)
  399. Graph
  400. Graph Paper
  401. Graphic Solutions to Quadratic Equations
  402. Graph Theory
  403. Grave, early unit for Kilogram
  404. Greater Than Symbol
  405. Greatest Common Factor, Using Euclid's Algorthm at Cut-the-Knot
  406. Greatest Integer Function
  407. Grebe Point
  408. Gross
  409. Gunter's chain"
  410. Gunter's scale"

  411. H
  412. Half, 1/2
  413. Half-Period
  414. Halma, board game
  415. Halmos symbol,
  416. Hamilton's Apportionment Method
  417. Hamiltonian Circuits
  418. Hanoi, Tower of Puzzle
  419. Harmonic Mean
  420. Harmonic Sequence
  421. Hash symbol, #
  422. Haversine
  423. Hawthorne Effect
  424. Heap Paradox
  425. Hectare
  426. Height
  427. HemiSphere
  428. Hein, Piet
  429. The Helen of Geometers
  430. Helium
  431. Helix
  432. Hermetic Seal
  433. Heron's Formula or Hero's Formula
  434. Heronian Mean
  435. Heron's Problem
  436. Heteroscedastic
  437. Hex, the game
  438. Hexdecimal
  439. Hinge
  440. Hippocrates Lune
  441. Hippocratic Oath
  442. Histogram /Histograph
  443. History, Notes on Math teaching
  444. Hoehn's Thm
  445. Hollerith Cards
  446. Homoscedastic
  447. Hoppity, old Enlish board game
  448. Horizon / Horizontal
  449. Hornbooks
  450. Horsepower
  451. Hour
  452. Houses and Utilities Problem (proof)
  453. Hubble (Unit of distance)
  454. Hundred
  455. Hyperbola
  456. Hyperbole
  457. Hypercube
  458. Hypocycloid of Four Cusps
  459. Hypocycloid of Three Cusps
  460. Hypodermic
  461. Hypotenuse

  462. I
  463. i for square root of -1
  464. identity and symbol ≡
  465. Ides
  466. Idiot
  467. IFF symbol
  468. Imaginary Numbers
  469. Incenter and Incircle
  470. Increase
  471. Increment
  472. Index
  473. Induction, Inductive Proof
  474. Inequality Symbols
  475. Infinitesimul
  476. Infinity
  477. Infinity Symbol
  478. Imperial Gallon
  479. Inscribe
  480. Int Function
  481. Integer
  482. Interpolate
  483. Interval
  484. interquartile range
  485. Inverse Sine or Sin-1
  486. Inverse Square Law
  487. Iodine
  488. Ion - creation of the term
  489. IQR
  490. Irrational Numbers
  491. Iridium
  492. Iris
  493. Ishango Bone
  494. Isogon - Isogonic Lines, Points, Symmetry
  495. Isometry
  496. Isomorphic
  497. Isomorphic symbol,
  498. Isoperimetric
  499. Isopleure, Isopleuron
  500. Isosceles
  501. Italian Method of Division

  502. J
  503. January
  504. Japanese Tangram type puzzle
  505. Jefferson's Apportionment Method
  506. Jerk
  507. Johnson's Theorem
  508. Josephus Problems
  509. Julia Set

  510. K
  511. Kaprekar Numbers
  512. Karat
  513. Kilogram Mass and Force
  514. Klein Bottle
  515. Kissing Circles Theorem
  516. Kite
  517. Knot, (Unit of speed)
  518. Knots and Knot Theory
  519. Kurschak's Theorem
  520. Kurtosis

  521. L
  522. Lame's Numbers
  523. Lattice Multiplication
  524. latus rectum
  525. lb, Pound
  526. Law of Cosines
  527. Law of Large Numbers
  528. Law of Sines
  529. Law of Tangents
  530. League (measure of distance)
  531. Leg
  532. Lemma
  533. Lemniscate
  534. Lemoine Point / Circles
  535. Lens (intersection of two circles)
  536. Leptokurtic
  537. Less Than Symbol
  538. l'Hospital's Rule
  539. Liar's Paradox
  540. Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
  541. Lill Circle, A Graphic Solution to Quadratic Equations
  542. Limacon
  543. Limit
  544. Line
  545. Lissajous Figures
  546. ln for natural logarithm
  547. Loculus of Archimedes
  548. Locus
  549. Logarithm
  550. Log-line (instrument for nautical speed)
  551. Long Ton
  552. Lotka's Law
  553. Loxodrome
  554. Lozenge
  555. Lucas Sequence
  556. Ludolph's Number
  557. Lune
  558. Lurking Variables (statistics)

  559. M
  560. "m" for Slope
  561. Macron
  562. Magic Squares
  563. Magnetic Declanation Map (first)
  564. Magnitude
  565. Maltitudes
  566. Mantissa
  567. Matrix
  568. Mars
  569. Mathbooks, Early American
  570. Mathematics
  571. Mathot's Point
  572. Maximum
  573. Mean
  574. Mean Proportional
  575. Measure
  576. Measuring Four Gallons using a Five and Three Gallon Jug, some history (Blog)
  577. Medial Triangle
  578. Median (Origin & statistics)
  579. Medians of a Triangle
  580. Menelaus' Thm
  581. Mercator Projection, MAP
  582. Mercury
  583. Merels, the game
  584. Merhkat
  585. Meter
  586. Metric Ton
  587. Micromort
  588. Mil or Mill (1/1000)
  589. Mile
  590. Million
  591. Minor
  592. Minuend
  593. Minus
  594. Minute
  595. Miquel's Point & Theorem
  596. Miquel's Pentagon Theorem
  597. Mobius Strip
  598. Mode
  599. Modulus
  600. Mollweide Equations
  601. Monge's Theorem on common tangents of circles
  602. Monge's Point
  603. Monomial
  604. Monte Carlo Method
  605. Months and their Names
  606. Morley's Theorem
  607. Morris, (Nine Men's-) the game
  608. Moscow Papyrus
  609. Mu, , for the average
  610. Multiple Factorial
  611. multiplicand
  612. Multiplication (Ancient/Old methods)
  613. multiplier
  614. multiply
  615. Myriad